Shaping North America 350 million years ago- The Appalachian Mountains formed 225 million years ago- Earth’s supercontinent broke up into separate continents. 135-25 million years ago- Western North American mountain ranges formed. 10 Million years ago- North America’s basic geological shape is formed 2 Million years ago- The Ice Age begins; glaciers carve into the land creating formations such as the Great Lakes. 10‚000 years ago- The Ice Age ends Peopling the Americas Evidence suggests
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nobility; most likely from a poorer class of nobles (Gilderman 13-14). Rodríguez del Padrón may have also been a page for the future Cardinal Juan de Cervantes in addition to Juan II. He entered the Franciscan Order approximately in the 1430s and took his vows to enter the priesthood in 1441 in Italy and his final vows in 1442 after his travels to Jerusalem. When he returned to Galicia he founded a convent at Erbón. Rodríguez del Padrón traveled extensively throughout Europe as demonstrated in his
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Molly Ball! Period 4! Mr. Rudolph! 25 August‚ 2014! ! Chapter 1: New World Beginnings! ! 1. How did “man” reach the New World? Why did we come?! ! When the Ice Age caused the sea level to drop‚ it exposed a land bridge from Eurasia to North America. Therefore‚ while some nomads took boats to the New World‚ the majority of the first nomadic Asian hunters came to the New World by walking across the land bridge‚ called Bering isthmus. Small bands of these immigrants continued to travel across the
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A.P. U.S. History Notes Chapter 1: “New World Beginnings” Summary: 225 million years ago‚ Earth was one supercontinent (Pangaea) and ocean. About 10 million years ago‚ the North America that we know today was formed (geographical shape). The first discoverers of North America were nomadic Asians who wandered over here by way of an exposed land bridge from Russia to Alaska during the Ice Age. Though they were hunters at first‚ by 5000 BC‚ they had become hunter-gatherers with a diet of
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During the 16th and 17th centuries‚ when the Europeans started to come over to the new world‚ they discovered a society of Indians that was strikingly different to their own. To understand how different‚ one must first compare and contrast some of the very important differences between them‚ such as how the Europeans considered the Indians to be extremely primitive and basic‚ while‚ considering themselves civilized. The Europeans considered that they were model societies‚ and they thought that the
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have vastly improved it. Although there were records of some people living in the area for thousands of years‚ the first European influence on Los Angeles occurred in 1542 when Captain Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and his crew accidentally landed there looking for a passage to Asia. After returning to Spain‚ Cabrillo suggested to King Phillip II that he colonize the area because it could serve as a settlement post‚ as well as give Spain influence in North America. His request was ignored and the next
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Chapter 1 – New World Beginnings‚ 33‚00B.C – A.D. 1769 New World Beginnings – the human history of the new world began during the ice-age when‚ because of lower sea levels‚ Asiatic tribes were able to cross the Bering Strait and populate the Americas. Eventually‚ these peoples migrated and dispersed to form tribes and some advanced civilizations on almost every corner of these two continents. Bering Strait – a land bridge connecting modern-day Alaska and Russia. During the Ice Age‚ low ocean
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Julito Rodríguez Reyes – A great singer for Puerto Rico Julito Rodríguez Reyes was born on October 5‚ 1925‚ in Santurce‚ Puerto Rico‚ and he died on July 27‚ 2013 in Hato Rey‚ Puerto Rico. He was a great bolero singer‚ child prodigy‚ guitarist and composer. He started developing his love for music ever since he was only a child and he became famous as a child prodigy in music. When he was a child‚ his father encouraged him to study the violin and this helped him to join the Banda Hatuey as a substitute
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allegiance in stark contrast to the goals of the Chicano movement. To understand how La Virgen has evolved outside of her intended religious context‚ her genesis must first be examined. Origin stories vary but‚ according to tradition‚ on Dec 9‚ 1531‚ Juan Diego first saw La Virgen on top of Tepeyac‚ a hill northwest of Mexico City. She instructed him to have the Bishop
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The First Americans The settling of the Americas Descended from bands of hunters and fishers Crossed the Bering Strait via land Arrived by sea from Asia or pacific lands 15‚000 to 60‚000 years ago Early inhabitants spread to the tip of south America Food crisis Wooly mammoth and giant bison extinct due to climate warm Near East 9‚000 years ago agriculture developed; corn‚ squash‚ and beans modern day Mexico and Andes Western hemisphere; no agriculture possible because of absence
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